Synopses & Reviews
Bring history to life with compelling stories, sweeping scope, and a welcoming sense of diversity - Historical fiction helps students connect to their middle school social studies classes
- Reading skill instruction and cross-curricular connections improve comprehension of historical fiction
- Strong multicultural flavor reflects the rich tapestry of our shared American heritages
Jamestown's American Portraits, a saga of American families and friends, traces the history of America from the founding of Jamestown to the Civil Rights Movement. This is a unique, enriching series designed to teach reading strategies appropriate for historical novels used in middle school reading, language arts, or social studies classes.
- Reading Level 5-8
- Interest Level 6-8
Synopsis
Jamestown's American Portraits, an American saga of families and friends, traces the history of America through many generations and cultures from the viewpoint of adolescent girls and boys. Young readers will be captivated by these novels that span history-changing events -- from the founding of Jamestown to World War II and beyond -- and that enrich their reading skills and knowledge of American history.
-- Exciting and absorbing novels for readers age 9-12 that are accessible to students of differing reading skills
-- Features talented and award-winning young adult authors such as Susan Beth Pfeffer, James Lincoln Collier, Peter and Connie Roop, and G. Clifton Wisler
-- Stories are told by a diverse set of narrators with whom all children can identify
About the Author
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Table of Contents
Alicia Martinez, the ward of Los Angeles oil millionaires, is thrilled to be cast in
Revenge of the Aztecs, an epic film being produced by her best friend's father. But when idols topple, rocks roll down hills, and other mysterious events occur, Alicia must find out if these happenings are just accidents or if she is the target of a criminal plan that threatens the completion of the movie as well as her safety. If they're not accidents, who is behind them? Could it be someone Alicia has loved and trusted for years? And if it is, can Alicia ever trust again? Set in the Hollywood boomtown of 1923,
Revenge of the Aztecs is a fast-paced story of movie making and mayhem.